About The Theory of Concentric Spheres

Join South Kiosk for The Theory of Concentric Spheres, a journey into hollow earth – a place of “giants, Germans and just a little sun”.

A belief in spirits and souls wandering within a hollow earth beneath our feet has existed ever since man first sought faith in celestial beings. Pre-eminent thinkers of their time, including Edmund Halley, reasoned that the earth was made up of a series of concentric spheres within which a sun and life could be sustained; a lush paradise on the flip side of the earth able to nourish humans up too 15ft tall. No sooner had scientists speculated on the existence of a hollow earth did explorers begin to plot its discovery with theories developing of entry points in both the North and South Pole.

South Kiosk explores a journey to the centre of hollow earth through a series of three film spheres:The Surface / As Above So Below / The Habitable Within.

Films in The Surface explore the banality and administrative bloat that defines conditions of labour within late-capitalism. The all consuming cognitive and emotional labour of an ‘always on’ culture which slowly drives us towards the brink – and our escape into an underground world. Films include Rosie Carr- The Photocopier who fell in love with Me,Alan Warburton- Psychometricsand Oliver Laric- 787 Clip Arts.

In As Above, So Below we descend into hollow earth with a search for a new, better life. Wide Open Poles features Naheed Raza’sFrozen in Time- a feature length documentary film that deals with the age-old fantasy of individuals chasing eternal life through cryogenics. People who seek to evade nature’s ultimate finality.

The Habitable Within transports us to a new-found utopia with a screening of Ben RiversURTH. A docu-fiction film of the failed development of Biosphere 2 in the 1990’s, (an experiment that aimed to mimic our planet’s life systems in a prototype for future colonies on Mars).

Accompanying the exhibition, Jayoon Choi presents a series of large scale illustrations depicting the spirits and souls that wander within a hollow earth beneath us.

South Kiosk is excited to present the Corrupt Blood Incident, a group show exploring the themes of landscape, digital failure, monsters and viral transmission. Join us for drinks at the opening from 6:30pm, 6 July 2017

Please join us this Saturday for a special one-off performance in Sebastian Kite’s installation by dancers Susie Browning and Lisanne Goodhue, 6-7:30pm. The event is free to attend, no booking required. South Kiosk will also be operating extended opening hours 12-7:30pm for the performance Saturday 25.02.17, 12-7:30pm.

We will meet in the place where there is no darkness
18.01.2017

South Kiosk is pleased to announce our next exhibition is Sebastian Kite: We will meet in the place where there is no darkness. A site-specific installation exploring the relationship between space, light and sound – Opening 9th February 6pm.